Ashley Depew

With a rhythm that started on the fields of Heritage High School in the late 1970s, Jennifer Higdon has risen to a world-recognized and distinguished position as a classical composer.

Modern lines curve from furniture in the visitor center of DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee Building 101 to the straight edges of shiny hardware and wire-heavy robotics inside its production plant. Until

For the second month in a row, Townsend Board of Commissioners didn’t vote on an amendment to refine regulations for business locations. Known as business zones, regulations determine where different

Developers of a planned 150-unit townhome neighborhood in east Maryville completed a preliminary design and received Maryville Planning Commission’s signoff Monday, Feb. 20.

The city of Alcoa is bringing back it’s summertime fireworks celebration FreedomFest for the first year since the COVID-19 pandemic. A release from the city states the event will be

Families, dog-walkers and runners flocked to trails at Sandy Springs Park one February morning. The city of Maryville is nearly done with improvements to the park, which included repaving its

A recent national report from The New York Post has linked former ALCOA Inc. to investigations into the laptop of President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. The Post recapped its

Organizers of local festivals, representatives from the Blount Partnership and Townsend officials met to find solutions for the current mobile food vendor regulations.

Blount County Parks & Recreation is using the internet to drive community engagement. Last year, it recorded a jump in participation, both with clicks online and in programs.

Countywide chatter and pending litigation prompted Blount Memorial Hospital CEO Harold Naramore to address city of Alcoa administrators and elected officials, including three newly seated city commissioners. In a briefing